General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . ongIsland and vicinity which were covered with mats and bundles of grass, and thefamiliar conical wigwam of the Ojibwaycovered with birchbark. The utensils are ofpottery, wood or birchbark. Pottery wasmade by most of the Eastern tribes and seemsto be associated with the practice of agri-culture. The designs are incised, neverpainted. Bowls, trays, and spoons are madeof wood and often decorated with animalcarvings. The use of birchbark in the con-struction of light, portable household ves-sels is one of the partic
General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . ongIsland and vicinity which were covered with mats and bundles of grass, and thefamiliar conical wigwam of the Ojibwaycovered with birchbark. The utensils are ofpottery, wood or birchbark. Pottery wasmade by most of the Eastern tribes and seemsto be associated with the practice of agri-culture. The designs are incised, neverpainted. Bowls, trays, and spoons are madeof wood and often decorated with animalcarvings. The use of birchbark in the con-struction of light, portable household ves-sels is one of the particular traits of ourEastern Indians. Examples of Indian inventions are canoes,maple sugar, tobacco pipes, cornhusk weav-ing, splint baskets, tump-line, wampum, lacrosse game, netted snowshoes, toboggan,and water-drum. A .MANHATTAN INDIAN WOMAN COOKING IN A POTTERY BOWL (Group inWoodland Indians Hall). Not much is known of the .Manhattan Indians except from traditionshanded down by earlv settlers. Some remains of their clothing and implements are in existence as illustrated below. C293 The Indians history begins with the land-ing of white men. Many of the objects shownin the cases are historic, but others, such asthe stone, bone, and shell objects found inthe round, arc usually prehistoric. In theexhibits dealing with Manhattan and StatenIslands, from which the Indians were drivenby the first settlers, we can exhibit nothingbut pottery, stone, bone, and shell local relics will be found near the en-trance to the hall. On the left are somepottery vessels and many small objects ofstone and bone from Manhattan Island,Staten Island, I,ong Island, and WestchesterCounty. Near by on the same side of thehall are collections obtained from livingIndians of the coast region north and southof New York. These are the Penobscot andPassamaquoddy of Maine, the Micmac andMalecitc of the lower provinces of Canada,and a few but rare objects from the Dela-ware who once occupied the vicin
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